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home any fasterA... oing nothing won't get them
home any fasterA distraction might be niceShe was already thinking strategy, sizing up our
opponents
“Do you know the rules?” Lily asked me
Absently, I bent my leg at the knee and grabbed my ankle behind me, pulling it to stretch out
the musclesIt was a familiar position to my bodyI stretched the other leg and was pleased that
it felt wholeThe bruise on the back of my thigh was faded yellow, almost goneMy side felt
fine, which made me think that my rib had never really been broken
I'd seen my face while I was cleaning mirrors two weeks agoThe scar forming on my
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was dark red and as big as the palm of my hand, with a dozen jagged points around the edgesIt
bothered Melanie more than it did me
“I'll take the goal,” Ian told me, while Lily fell back and Wes paced beside the ballCompetition appealed to her
From the moment the game started–Wes kicking the ball back to Lily and then sprinting ahead
to get around me for her pass–there was very little time to thinkOnly to react and to feelSee
Lily shift her body, measure the direction this would send the ballCut Wes off–ah, but he was
surprised by how fast I was–launch the ball to Ian and move up the
roxanne mulberry bag fieldLily was playing too
far forwardI raced her to the lantern goalpost and wonIan aimed the pass perfectly, and I
scored the first goal
It felt good: the stretch and pull of muscle, the sweat of exertion rather than plain heat, the
teamwork with IanI was quick, and his aim was deadlyWes's goading
dried up before Ian scored the third goal
Lily called the game when we hit twenty-oneShe was breathing hardNot me; I felt good,
muscles warm and limber
Wes wanted another round, but Lily was done
“Face it, they're better
“No one ever said she couldn't play
“No one ever said she was a pro,
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I liked that–it made me smile
“Don't be a sore loser,” Lily said, reaching out to tickle Wes's stomach playfullyHe caught her
fingers and pulled her closer to himShe laughed, tugging away, but Wes reeled her in and
planted a solid kiss on her laughing mouth
Ian and I exchanged a quick, startled glance
“For you, I will lose with grace,” Wes told her, and then set her free
Lily's smooth caramel skin had taken on a bit of pink on her cheeks and neckShe peeked at Ian
and me to see our reaction
“And now,” Wes continued, “I'm off to get reinforcementsWe'll see how your little ringer
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against Kyle, Ian He lobbed the ball into the far dark corner of the cave, where I heard it
splash into the spring
Ian trotted off to retrieve it, while I continued to look at Lily curiously
She laughed at my expression, sounding self-conscious, which was unusual for her
“How long has… that been going on?” I wonderedIt's not a secret–how could anything be a secret here, anyway? It's just really… new
to meIt's sort of your fault,” she added, smiling to show that she was teasing me
I felt a little guilty anyway“What did I do?”
“Nothing,” she assured me“It was Wes's… reaction to you that surprised
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